Size-dependent charge collection in junctions containing single-size and multi-size arrays of colloidal CdSe quantum dots

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 74-82

  Weiss, Emily A ^a   Chiechi, Ryan C ^a   Geyer, Scott M ^b   Porter, Venda J ^b   Bell, David C ^c   Bawendi, Moungi G ^b   Whitesides, George M ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS; MARCUS MODELS;

CHARGE TRANSFER; COLLOIDS; INDIUM; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

CADMIUM SELENIDE; GALLIUM; INDIUM; INDIUM OXIDE; POLY(3,4 ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE); POLYSTYRENESULFONIC ACID; QUANTUM DOT; THIOPHENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODE; MATERIALS TESTING;

EID: 38349043778     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja076438h     Document Type: Article

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